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There is nothing like spending time in Burgundy. The villages and countryside are beautiful and timeless. The people are discreet but warm. Burgundy is like comfort food for wine lovers.
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Some of France’s most important wine regions - Loire Valley, Champagne, and Burgundy - are all within a day’s drive from Paris. Bien sur the culture practically dictates that people drink all sorts of wine in Parisian cafés, restaurants, and bars and purchase them in the city’s wine shops. But it is a little known fact that wine is actually produced within the city limits, in Montmartre. It’s just off the city street, surrounded by buildings, in the same district as such iconic structures as the Basilica de Sacré Coeur and Moulin Rouge. It is so obscure that even the most frequent visitor to Paris would exclaim “incroyable!” upon learning of its existence.
Le Clos Montmartre is the last of the once multitude of vineyards situated on the hill, which were first planted by the Romans. There was once a temple dedicated to Bacchus standing there. In the 12th century, the Benedictines continued to produce wine at an abbey that was later destroyed during Read more »
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Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 30
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Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas
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Duval-Leroy Paris Brut
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Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 60
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Château au Grand Paris Red Bordeaux Blend Bordeaux Contrôlée
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Varietals Produced in Paris View all
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Esprit
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Malbec
History of the grape: Some believe Malbec is named after a Hungarian peasant who spread plantings along the French co...
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Cabernet Sauvignon
“King of the Red Wine Grapes.” The colonizer of the vineyards, pushing native wine grapes into its shadows. The Caber...
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Chardonnay
British wine writer and critic, Jancis Robinson, once noted that throughout the 80’s and 90’s in the United States, C...
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Pinot Noir
“With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...
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August 2009
An interesting read regarding the oft-underestimated Virginia vino and some ... ... 19, 2009The "Judgment of Paris" transformed the world of wine, marking California on the map in big, bold letters that could not be ignored. That May 1976 tasting galvanized an upstart American wine industry that had struggled in the decades since Prohibition a... Read More
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July 2009
Hi, we just enjoyed a fabulous bottle of Rosé, sourced and delivered by ... ... ... way to book your stay in Paris. This delightful wine will transport you to the summer in the south of France. Made from a blend of 50% Grenache Noir, 30% Cinsault and 20% Syrah, the 2007 Rosé from Château Moyau is crisp, dry and refreshing. Intense salmon tre... Read More
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June 2009
What: Benjamin Wallace speaks about the "Billionaire's Vinegar"When This ... ... ... Bordeaux- unearthed in a Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson-went for $156,000 to a member of the Forbes family. The discoverer of the bottle was Hardy Rodenstock, a pop-band manager turned wine collector with a knack for finding extremely ol... Read More
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May 2009
In about 3 weeks, I'll be flying from LAX to Paris, then taking an overnight train to Milano before doing likewise to Munich. I'd like to stop and do some wine tasting in Barolo or Piedmont or even Valpolicella regions. Do you know any of the Euro rail stops or any advice on the best towns to taste? Read More
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March 2009
Just for fun can you answer these questions.1 What Chateau is .../Paris2003/images/reims03.jpg!8 What is this style of bottle called and where is it commonly used?!http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Bocksbeutel_bottle.jpg/200px-Bocksbeutel_bottle.jpg!9 What is this called and how is it used?!http://www.cheapfunwines.com/a... Read More
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December 2008
Champagne Duval-Leroy Brut Cuvee Paris Pts NV
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This is a knockout even for those who do not love champagne. The above description captures it for me. It is decidedly balanced and elegant with a long, silky finish. There is no predominant sense of dryness or citrus, as with so many champagnes. It is a fruity, nutty and generous, liberal wine (less austere than a Perrier-Jouet, say) that i... Read More
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November 2008
My favorite street art website hails out of New York and it is called, Wooster ... hails from the streets of Paris.I received the Wooster e-mail with this photo on October 8 and I found it a fitting artistic representation of Harvest 2008 - the struggle of a difficult and challenging growing season with grape yields frighteningly low. Moth... Read More
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October 2008
I was wondering if any fellow Snoothers (Snoothies?? Snoothites??) have some ... ... of reading "Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine" by George M. Taber, and "A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine" by Jay Mcinerney is next on my list.I also have a small collection of my ... Read More
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October 2008
If you dig enough or dine enough you can find the restaurants around the ... ... (NYC)Guy Savoy (Las Vegas/Paris)Azul (Miami)and on and on. The bottom line is that these are the easy ones to find and the most certain destinations to empty your wallet.What about the little, not too talked about gems that you really need to look for that maybe ... Read More
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October 2008
When I last left off I was doing my best to stay awake in Reims to adjust to ... Chandon and finally back to Paris to catch my flight to Italy for my friends wedding.After a quick breakfast and check of directions it was off to the first stop of the day, Ruinart. It was a leasurely drive through the streets of historic Reims to an area I dubb... Read More
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